• Helgoland Transects

      larger biogeographical context. map transect (Photo: Inga Kirstein) graphic data longterm (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

    • PFC

      PFC: Preparative Fraction Collector Preparative fraction collector (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / J.Hefter) The preparative fraction collector (PFC) automatically collects single compounds after ga

    • SeaKey

      of Seaweeds of the German North Sea Coast [Translate to English:] Concept of SeaKey (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Enable identification of seaweeds for variable stakeholders and students on the basis [...] development. Financiation: 2018 – 2021: Earth System Knowledge Platform ( www.eskp.de ); Alfred-Wegener Institute; since 2021: Landesamt für Umwelt, Flintbek, Kiel, Germany ( www.schleswig-holstein

    • MIDO

      linary Ice-based Distributed Observatory (MIDO) Illustration of a buoy observatory (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The properties of the atmosphere, sea-ice and the polar oceans, and feedbacks between [...] +49(471)4831-2403 Benjamin.Rabe @ awi.de Deployment of an ocean profilers in the sea-ice (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

    • High-latitude Biodiversity

      environments in the future. Prof. Dr. Ulrike Herzschuh (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Dr. Kathleen Stoof-Leichsenring (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Temporary Head Dr. Kathleen Stoof-Leichsenring (Prof

    • Automatic Weather Stations

      Berger AWS Søråsen AWS Filchner AWS Halvfarryggen AWS Kohnen AWS test site at Neumayer_III (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) At AWI, modifyed AWS-systems based on stations from Campell Scientific are in use. [...] get saved locally inside the AWS. In parallel, they get transmitted hourly via IRIDIUM to the Alfred Wegener Institute. The most recent data get forwarded into the Globale Telekommunikation System (GTS)

    • Upper Air Soundings

      radiosonde from the heliport (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Meridional-height section of temperature during ANT-XXI based on upper air soundings (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut)

    • Kick-off for a new polar research project

      Federal Ministry of Education and Research is funding the project, which is coordinated by the Alfred Wegener Institute, with 2.7 million euros until the end of 2026.

    • Weakening of Antarctic bottom water circulation is noticeable in the North Atlantic

      masses to transport oxygen far down into the depths. An international research team, including the Alfred Wegener Institute, has now discovered that ocean currents have weakened by around twelve per cent due

    • Ice core drilling on Greenland reaches bedrock

      Climate at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, and many researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute have participated in the drilling over the past seven years.